how to return first match group grep code example
Example: grep capture group
# matches and returns b
$ echo "abc" | grep -oP "a\K(b)(?=c)"
b
# no match
$ echo "abc" | grep -oP "z\K(b)(?=c)"
# no match
$ echo "abc" | grep -oP "a\K(b)(?=d)"
# matches and returns b
$ echo "abc" | grep -oP "a\K(b)(?=c)"
b
# no match
$ echo "abc" | grep -oP "z\K(b)(?=c)"
# no match
$ echo "abc" | grep -oP "a\K(b)(?=d)"